Box closure



T. E. HEITYZ.

BOX CLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT; 30, 1921. 1,408,699. Pate ted Mar- 7, 1922.

j I will Haifa UNITED STATES THOMAS E. HEITZ, 0F BURWELL, NEBRASKA.

BOX CLOSURE.

Application filed. September 30, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. HEITZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bur-well, in the county of Garfield and. State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Box Closure, of which the following is a specification.

This invention aims to provide novel means for holding a cover on a box.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation a device constructed in accordance with the invention, parts being broken away; Figure 2 is an elevation showing one end of the device; Figure 3 is an elevation showing the opposite end of the device; Figure 1 is a longitudinal section wherein parts appear in elevation, portions being broken away;-Figure 5 is a fragmental elevation showing the inner surface of one end wall of the receptacle or box, together with the abutment plate which is carried thereby.

The device forming the subject matter of this application includes a receptacle, comprising a body 1 made up of a bottom 2, sides 3 and ends and 5. A cleat 6 is attached to the end at. A cleat 7 is attached to the end A keeper 8, which may be a staple, passes through the cleat 7 and engages the end 5. The keeper or staple 8 aids in holding the cleat 7 on the end 5. Re tainers 9, which may be pins, extend through the end t and are provided at their inner extremities with'enlarged heads 10 engaged by an abutment plate 11 attached by securing elements 12 to the inner surface of the end 1.

The numeral 11 denotes a lid having depending end flanges 15 and 16, the flange 15 being disposed above the cleat 6, and the flange 16 being disposed above the cleat 7. The flange 15 is provided with openings 17 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

Serial No. 504,354.

for the reception of the outer ends of the retamers 9. A tongue 18 extends downwardly along the flange 16 and is provided with an opening 19 adapted to receive the keeper 8, the tongue 18 preferably being somewhat resilient. If desired, a seal 20,, or other fastenmg device, may be placed in the keeper 8, outwardly of the tongue 18. The tongue 18 has an angular end 21 overlapped on the upper surface of the lid 14. Any desired number of securing elements 22 pass downwardly through the end 21 of the tongue 18, through the lid 1 1 and into the cleat 16.

In practical operation, the retainers 9 are engaged in the openings 17 of the flange 15, and the lid let is swung downwardly on the body 1, as shown in Figure 1, the keeper 8 being received in the opening 18 on the tongue 18, and the fastening device or seal 20 being mounted in place in the keeper 8. The retainers of pins 9 cannot be driven inwardly, and the adjacent end of the lid 11 raised, because the heads 10 of the retainers 9 are engaged by the abutment plate 11.

lVhat is claimed is 1. A receptacle comprising a body includmg end walls; a keeper mounted on one end wall; a retainer extended through the other end wall; means mounted on the inner surface of the last specified end wall for preventing the retainer from moving inwardly; a lid mounted on the body; a flange on one end of the body and having an opening recelving the retainer; a flange on the other end of the body; a tongue extended downwardly along the last specified flange and having an opening receiving the keeper; and means for securing the tongue to the lid and to the last specified flange.

2. A receptacle comprising a body including end walls; a keeper mounted on one end wall; a retainer extended through the other end wall; a lid on the body; a flange on one end of the lid and receiving the retainer; means for preventing the retainer from moving inwardly; a flange on the other end of the lid; and a tongue carried by the last specified flange and having an opening receiving the keeper.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS E. HEITZ.

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